The 9 Trials
Aneurysmal - Heavens Tear
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How are the trials going on the servers other than HT? To the best of my knowledge only 2 HT factions have finished all 9 the first time through and only one has finished round 2 of all 9 of the trials... GoldDigrz FTW!
The drop count doesn't really seem worth it. IMO the drops for the first round should be double what they are, second round should be 3x base and third should be 4x base drops as well as the quest rewards being boosted per participant. Each of the rare mats are VERY low drop rate from the current boxes. At current rates It'll take 80 players about 2 rounds of all 3 to get one weapon and 2-3 pieces of armor the first upgrade and 1-2 rerolls (different mats) if everybody donates the mats they earn.
The instances however are amazing fun, and a completely new experience within the game.
Just wondering how the other servers are doing and their impressions of the trials.
Current reported top guilds (one per server) as of 1:47am 11/8
GoldDigrz-HT 9T 3-5
Regenesis-DW 9T 3-3
Legendary-Sanc 9T 3-2
Vengeful-LC 9T 2-9
Catalyst-HL 9T 2-8
?-RT 9T ?
?-Arch 9T 1-?
Won't put a record for French(Lothranis)/German(Momagannon) until it's reported, as many of them will stick to their own forums.
The drop count doesn't really seem worth it. IMO the drops for the first round should be double what they are, second round should be 3x base and third should be 4x base drops as well as the quest rewards being boosted per participant. Each of the rare mats are VERY low drop rate from the current boxes. At current rates It'll take 80 players about 2 rounds of all 3 to get one weapon and 2-3 pieces of armor the first upgrade and 1-2 rerolls (different mats) if everybody donates the mats they earn.
The instances however are amazing fun, and a completely new experience within the game.
Just wondering how the other servers are doing and their impressions of the trials.
Current reported top guilds (one per server) as of 1:47am 11/8
GoldDigrz-HT 9T 3-5
Regenesis-DW 9T 3-3
Legendary-Sanc 9T 3-2
Vengeful-LC 9T 2-9
Catalyst-HL 9T 2-8
?-RT 9T ?
?-Arch 9T 1-?
Won't put a record for French(Lothranis)/German(Momagannon) until it's reported, as many of them will stick to their own forums.
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We're cooking along pretty well in Awakening on the Sanctuary Server. I'm sure some of the larger factions are done or nearly there.
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Regenesis is about to complete all trials for the second time
seems its way harder now - our first attempt on trial 9 hard mode failed with ~50 ppl
i logged off a few hours ago, they might have finished it now - idk :Pi like potato0 -
Yeah, Trial cycle 3 (Elite/hardcore mode) Trial 3, Trial of Towers, is the first one I've witnessed an issue in, appears that it will take at least 60 people actively participating to do successfully. The mob spawn rate is increased, all mobs are higher hp by a good deal, and the portals spawn at the second tower before the fights at the first tower are done. The mobs getting to the towers seem to each hit the tower harder than the first two rounds did, so, surprise surprise, pop goes the towers. I'm a little scared of Cycle 3 Trial 9...Main:
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We're currently on the 9th trial, but its almost impossible with the strength of the Mobs AoE's and the sheer number of them. Its either a lag fest or a death fest. Anyone got any tips on how to complete it?RIP spoons
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Lulznotwar - Lost City wrote: »We're currently on the 9th trial, but its almost impossible with the strength of the Mobs AoE's and the sheer number of them. Its either a lag fest or a death fest. Anyone got any tips on how to complete it?
What seems to have worked best for us is have our strongest barbs gather them into aoe piles. Keep a constant stun and heaven's flame from bms, seal/freeze from venos and damage aoes from psychics, wizards and seekers with blueballs running in as many squads as possible. Any Mystics should be summoning their cragglord as often as possible, and continuously throwing up befuddling creeper. Basically, AOE them worse than they're AOEing you.Main:
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Aneurysmal - Heavens Tear wrote: »What seems to have worked best for us is have our strongest barbs gather them into aoe piles. Keep a constant stun and heaven's flame from bms, seal/freeze from venos and damage aoes from psychics, wizards and seekers with blueballs running in as many squads as possible. Any Mystics should be summoning their cragglord as often as possible, and continuously throwing up befuddling creeper. Basically, AOE them worse than they're AOEing you.
While that sounds all nice in theory without piles of Rank 9's you're pretty much f**ked. We have been trying for ages and the clerics are getting hit for ~1k from each AoE per tick through BB How are we expected to kill 400 mobs?RIP spoons
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Regenesis just completed the 2nd set of the trials soon to be on the final set will give heads up on how it goes (fun fun) lol0
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Lost City has been doing ok. As of today I dont know any guilds that have finished the 2nd set of 9 trials, but I might just not have heard the news yet. There are a few facs that have completed the 1st set. .
My main bone to pick is the cost. R8/r9 recast is expensive by itself, but lets look at what I spent by the end of Trial 9 as an EP.
- 1 entire HP charm: 4.5mill
- 300k repair
- over 1mill in hp/pvp pots
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so 5.8 mill. And I'm not including the old charm that was at 700k when I started.
b:shocked If PWI was trying to make a coin sink for well geared players, they did a good job!0 -
Lulznotwar - Lost City wrote: »While that sounds all nice in theory without piles of Rank 9's you're pretty much f**ked. We have been trying for ages and the clerics are getting hit for ~1k from each AoE per tick through BB How are we expected to kill 400 mobs?
We were ***** for a while even with r9 +12s all over the place. Has something to do with luring the mobs around the Angel OWars. We had a barrier of Angel OWars to cushion each wave as it rolled in. Since I was busy watching my hp and spamming pots/ToP like a ****, I didn't see exactly what they did.0 -
Mekkhala - Lost City wrote: »We were ***** for a while even with r9 +12s all over the place. Has something to do with luring the mobs around the Angel OWars. We had a barrier of Angel OWars to cushion each wave as it rolled in. Since I was busy watching my hp and spamming pots/ToP like a ****, I didn't see exactly what they did.
Yeah, the Angel O'Wars seem pretty useless, they take aggro, but dont do any damage and dont negate AoE's. They would be useful if they would Negate the AoE's for a small area around them but yeah
. If you're online pm me ingame and we can talk easier RIP spoons
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Lulznotwar - Lost City wrote: »Yeah, the Angel O'Wars seem pretty useless, they take aggro, but dont do any damage and dont negate AoE's. They would be useful if they would Negate the AoE's for a small area around them but yeah. If you're online pm me ingame and we can talk easier
Sadly, thats all I know. Like I said, I was too busy staying alive to notice what anybody outside my party was doing with the AngelOWars. I'm sure as more ppl complete it the details will come out. b:surrender0 -
Mekkhala - Lost City wrote: »Sadly, thats all I know. Like I said, I was too busy staying alive to notice what anybody outside my party was doing with the AngelOWars. I'm sure as more ppl complete it the details will come out. b:surrender
Not a problem thanks for the help b:thanksRIP spoons
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Well Vengeful in LC is abt to finish the 2nd set of trials too. We tried yesterday with 5 parties and didnt kill fast enough >< Seems need ard 40 ppl to complete this trial.
Angels help a lot, You just need to learn where to open zhens to make good use of them as they agro mobs.
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Reading red chats helps a bit - just a tip.Because size really MATTERS!!!0 -
K, apparantly GoldDigrz is up to trial 5 of round 3 now (I missed successful 3-3 and 3-4), and I think it should go pretty smooth up to trial 9 from this point, as long as weekday attendance is high enough. I think we should start a labelling for the 9 Trials now... My suggestion:
Cycle 1 is 9T 1-x
Cycle 2 is 9T 2-x
Cycle 3 is 9T 3-x
Where X is the number of the trial in the sequence 1-9 or the name of that particular trial Balance, Defense, Towers, Duty, Elements, Eternity, Sacrifice, Exodus, Salvation
Thus Vengeful-LC is at 9T 2-9(Salvation) if I understand Wadzio's post.
Regenesis-Dreamweaver is at 9T 3-1(Balance)
GoldDigrz-HT is at 9T 3-5(Elements)
I haven't heard of a faction being farther yet, so seems most major servers have at least one faction able to do 9T 2-1 thru 9 without much issue. Wait, are the 3 oldest servers the farthest along then? I expected Dreamweaver and probably Harshlands to at least compete with us. RT and Arch I predict won't finish the second series this week, and the two newest servers Lothranis and Momagannon I'll be surprised to see finish the first cycle.
Therefore predictions for Week 1's 9 trials:
HT, Sanctuary, LC - One faction on each finish all 3 or at least on 9T 3-9
Dreamweaver - One faction on 9T 3-7
Harshlands - One faction on 9T 3-3
RT and Arch - One faction on each Between 9T 2-6 and 9T 2-9
Lothranis and Momagannon - One faction on each between 9T 1-6 and 9T 1-9Main:
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Regenesis taking down the second round 9th trial boss.
What happens if someone starts trial 9 before everyone is ready. b:shocked
We'll be starting the 3rd round of trials tomorrow, wish us luck, lol.Aneurysmal - Heavens Tear wrote: »K, apparantly GoldDigrz is up to trial 5 of round 3 now (I missed successful 3-3 and 3-4), and I think it should go pretty smooth up to trial 9 from this point, as long as weekday attendance is high enough. I think we should start a labelling for the 9 Trials now... My suggestion:
Cycle 1 is 9T 1-x
Cycle 2 is 9T 2-x
Cycle 3 is 9T 3-x
Where X is the number of the trial in the sequence 1-9 or the name of that particular trial Balance, Defense, Towers, Duty, Elements, Eternity, Sacrifice, Exodus, Salvation
Thus Vengeful-LC is at 9T 2-9(Salvation) if I understand Wadzio's post.
Regenesis-Dreamweaver is at 9T 3-1(Balance)
GoldDigrz-HT is at 9T 3-5(Elements)
I haven't heard of a faction being farther yet, so seems most major servers have at least one faction able to do 9T 2-1 thru 9 without much issue. Wait, are the 3 oldest servers the farthest along then? I expected Dreamweaver and probably Harshlands to at least compete with us. RT and Arch I predict won't finish the second series this week, and the two newest servers Lothranis and Momagannon I'll be surprised to see finish the first cycle.
Therefore predictions for Week 1's 9 trials:
HT, Sanctuary, LC - One faction on each finish all 3 or at least on trial 3-9
Dreamweaver - One faction on 9T 3-4
Harshlands - One faction on 9T 3-3
RT and Arch - One faction on each Between trial 2-6 and 2-9
Lothranis and Momagannon - One faction on each between trial 1-6 and 1-9
Fixed that for ya.
We're planning to complete the full series before reset time Weds.
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Fail double post. Hey, it's late, lol....[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]0
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Zarni - Dreamweaver wrote: »
Fixed that for ya.
Good idea about the naming scheme.
Thanks, guess one of my sentences in that post is invalid now too.Main:
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Hello all! Pls help me whit this quest. where i can find this mob , I searched several places and I have not found them. b:sad
Thanks!! ps:and I apologize if I posted the wrong place, but do not know where to post0 -
RaluL - Heavens Tear wrote: »
Hello all! Pls help me whit this quest. where i can find this mob , I searched several places and I have not found them. b:sad
Thanks!! ps:and I apologize if I posted the wrong place, but do not know where to post
Umm... Where is in the screenshot. Did you buy your acct? If not, I'm sure you'd remember the OHT culti quests that took you to each of those places.
But yes, wrong place, new thread would've been best, don't derail this thread, I'm actually trying to find out how each server's doing and somewhat track at least the most progressed faction on each.Main:
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Catalyst on HL is up to 2-8. We've mostly been averaging about 2-4 trials a day.[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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My faction at Dreamweaver (Regenesis) have just finished 3-1. We will do 3-2 in 15 minutes. I, my self just miss 1-1 until 1-5, and missed 2-6 coz of fell a sleep b:shutup.
In my view as a wizz 8th cycle is harder then 9th cycle. At 8th cycle I keep getting one shooted by mobs, and we need to release 8 captains!!! b:surrender I'd rather pass 8th b:chuckle. Cycle 9th is not reallty hard if we set the zhen formation well. We failed once at 1-9 becoz someone started early. At 2-9 we failed 2 times; first fail we come with same strategy as we did at 1-9 with just around 30-40 ppl; 2nd fail we tried same strategy as before with more ppl and fail, then we tried to lure mobs from center (u really will not have enough time to kill 400 mobs if u do this way).
All in all, 7th is the easiest one for me, just need detection pots for stealth mobs, and for range class just DD from max range or boss will own u for 10k+ damage b:shocked.0 -
Our guild was the first to finish the trials on our server. For most of us it was a one time thing, as we havnt completed the 2nd set even. Some great ss's on the 9th trial though. Starting when noone is ready\noone knows what to do=win.
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Updated.
Has nobody from the top factions on Sanctuary, Archosaur, or Raging Tide read this thread? Or are you just choosing not to post because you're not #1?Main:
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We tried yesterday to pass Trial 9 on round 2, but we failed. We had only 5 parties (30 ppl) and it was not enough to kill all in time. After we got 340 mobs in 40 mobs we decided to retreat as we remembered that gotta kill 3 bosses later and it wouldnt be enough time, so was no point to **** charm. Difficult part for Vengeful is that we have players from all the world and finding 40+ ppl active at one time in a week day its kinda difficult. Hopefully tmr we complete when we have ppl on, right now not even trying if cant get at least 6 parties :PBecause size really MATTERS!!!0
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9 trials are easy..and most trials can be cleared by a single squad. What's the big deal with it anymore?0
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Hmmm...heard Legendary was one of the first in Sanc to complete the 9 trials...could be wrong though.0
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As of last night Legendary on Sanct was on 2-9. Hehe, couldn't quite manage it with the 20 or so people we had left by then. Heard some talk that we were leading, though I haven't been paying any mind to that and can't confirm it.0
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Mystic-Night - Heavens Tear wrote: »9 trials are easy..and most trials can be cleared by a single squad. What's the big deal with it anymore?
You..uh..tried the 2nd set of 9trials yet?0 -
Valirah - Sanctuary wrote: »As of last night Legendary on Sanct was on 2-9. Hehe, couldn't quite manage it with the 20 or so people we had left by then. Heard some talk that we were leading, though I haven't been paying any mind to that and can't confirm it.
Yeah...heard on WC that Legendary was 1st to finish the 1st round a day or 2 back. Makes me wonder how the other 2 big TW Facs are handling it.0 -
Mystic-Night - Heavens Tear wrote: »9 trials are easy..and most trials can be cleared by a single squad. What's the big deal with it anymore?
Um, can I have some of whatever you're smoking?
What is with people today?...... lol
Soloing 9th Trial.....
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Regenesis - Dreamweaver currently stalled at 3-3, waiting for enough people to be online.
I can see how this would go better in the Chinese version, as everyone playing is in similar time zones. We have many European, Asian, Australian, etc. players in our faction, so during the weekdays it's going to be a bit difficult to get enough at once.[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]0
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